πΊπ¦ #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Jungle Fire:
π΅ Comencemos (Let's Start)
#JungleFire
https://matasunarecords.bandcamp.com/track/jungle-fire-comencemos-renegades-of-jazz-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/44kT6XsCkSGb9wNQ5qGXvg
How Israel's War Crimes are Coming Home
https://www.juancole.com/2026/05/israels-crimes-coming.html
It looks like here in California that the D-party is digging in on its plan to gift the governorship to a republican.
A bunch of D candidates need to drop out - TODAY.
But "identity politics" is, as usual, causing the D-party candidates to think in party-destructive, unity-destructive tribal or racial terms rather than asking what is good for everyone.
(And no - ranked choice voting systems would not fix this. Ranked choice systems could replace the "jungle β¦
Will Donald Trump Take the Planet Down With Him?
https://www.juancole.com/2026/03/donald-trump-planet.html
πΊπ¦ #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Jungle Brothers:
π΅ Iβll House You
#JungleBrothers
https://djkarpiok.bandcamp.com/album/jungle-brothers-ill-house-you-2-versions
https://open.spotify.com/track/51GEHfWZuwIg5XHY50XSyS
I don't go into DC all that regularly. This past week, taking Metro to the convention center for an event, was the first time I personally saw [and sneered at] any of the uselessly deployed National Guard members up close and in person.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@jeffjarvis/116493405173344148
Significantly for the worse
China's Surging Cleantech Exports are dethroning Oil
https://www.juancole.com/2026/04/surging-cleantech-dethroning.html
πΊπ¦ #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
John Cale:
π΅ Dirtyass Rock 'n' Roll
#JohnCale
πΊπ¦ #NowPlaying on KEXP's #JazzTheatre
John Coltrane:
π΅ I Want to Talk About You
#JohnColtrane
https://johncoltrane.bandcamp.com/track/i-want-to-talk-about-you-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/0OeuAmskVe6Te9J7KkLsBs